Writing Task 1: The Basics
Step 1: Write a complete story with a beginning, middle, and ending.
You may only use "simple sentences" on this page.
Write at least 20 simple sentences.

There are 5 simple sentence formats: (See pages 4 & 5 in handout for examples.)
1a.S+V.
1b. S+V and V.
1c. S and S + V.

2a. S+V+C. (C=prepositional phrase)
2b. S+V+C. (C=adverb)
2c. S+V+C. (C=adjective)
2d. S+V+C. (C=noun)

3. S+V+O.
4. S+V+DO+IO.
5. S+V+IO+DO.

Writing Task 1: ) This is a great start! Could you add 4 more simple sentences to the story?
1. My name is Alice.
2. I am from Japan.
3. I want to speak English very well.
4. I decided on my plan to go to the U.S.
5. I came to the United States in September 18 by myself.
6. I landed in Seattle airport (Tacoma ).
7. I stayed in Seattle for a night.
8. I met a guy in the airport.
9. His name is Ryan.
10. He was also going to Portland.
11. Ryan and I came to Portland by car.
12. It is about 200 miles from Seattle.
13. We talked a lot to each other. -The verb is "talked to".
14. Ryan is from Saudi Arabia.
15. Ryan also wants to speak English .
16. I do not know about his culture.
17. He also do not know about my curture.
18. We are really interested about each other's culture.
19.In the future, I would like to be flight attendant.
20. He wants to be a tour guide.
21. we both think English is very important for finding a good job.
22.We studied English hard to realize our goal.
23Finally,we finish our school.
24.We have a successful start in each other's career.
25.We all adore our work passionately and have determination and willpower to persist in the things we are doing.

  1. My name is ahmad
  2. I am 19 years old
  3. I was born and raised in Saudi Arabia
  4. I graduated from high-school in 2008
  5. in summer 2008 I came to Portland
  6. I couldnt speak English
  7. I started taking English classes
  8. I lived in an apartment for 6 months
  9. I used to go to college by walking
  10. My brothers came to Portland
  11. I moved to a house in Beaverton
  12. I live with my brothers
  13. I go to college by car
  14. I started to make friends
  15. I wanted to improve my skills in English
  16. I like to travel
  17. I went to Canada and UK
  18. I went to San Fransisco and Las Vegas
  19. I want to go to Amesterdam
  20. I impoved my English language
  21. by talkig to people, read books, and listen carefully to what people say